Friday, April 16, 2010

The Happiness Centre For The Mentally Disabled Children, Malacca.This home was established in July 2000 and is a home for the mentally disabled children ranging from 1 year to 33 years old of various races. Most of the children have multiple disabilities ranging from cerebral palsy, polio, paralysis, speech impairment, Down Syndrome and other mental disorders.

The children were either abandoned at hospitals or come from poor families who do not have the means to meet their special needs. There are currently 35 children at the home. The centre does not charge any fee for looking after the children. They employ 10 caretakers and every inch of the house which the centre occupies is used either for beds / mattresses or storage of food...etc.

Currently, the home needs a refrigerator desperately as the old one is out of order and cannot be repaired anymore. Part of the home ceiling are going to tear apart, rats have ripped and make holes on it, cracked walls need to be cemented, etcs.Watch the short video below which i have taken during my visit on May 8.

This year i will be participating the following races to raise funds for the home. I wish you will be able to come forward to do your bit for charity. I will appreciate you could contribute a mininum RM30 to the home on any of the below races i will be running. Thank you.

If you had tried registering on-line for the 10k AND either the FULL or the HALF marathon for the Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2010, you may have encountered some problems.

The system may have prompted your second entry as a 'duplicate application'.Unfortunately its something technical that has been set in the on-line system and cannot be changed for this year.

The easy way out of it is to register under a slightly different name, as in the para below. Many of us have already registered for both, the 10k & FULL marathon.( By the way, if you are thinking of registering as "Haile Gebrselassie" - forget it..... I have already done so....haha! )